Chapter 22
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 22
Chapter Title: Kim Muggle Has Revived
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I accessed the Archmage Gallery while taking a shower.
I had a rough idea of the situation, but I needed a precise explanation.
And I needed details on this spinal fluid stuff too.
Title: Kim Muggle Has Revived
Author: Kim Muggle
Training definitely brought my condition back.
Anyway, thanks to you gallery folks, I recovered my memories and survived. It hurt like hell, though.
But fuck, if it's gonna hurt this bad, couldn't you warn me ahead of time? The second I cast the spell, pain like getting hit by lightning a hundred times over crashed in, and I wanted to die so fucking bad.
Ugh, no energy to even get mad. I'm cleaning up and showering now.
So spill the details already. What the hell happened? I have a vague idea, but give me the straight story.
You can tell this guy's fucking exhausted from his post lmao
He'd normally be raging, but you can see the anger fizzling out mid-sentence from exhaustion lmao
You survived, that's what matters!
Lol, as long as you got your memories back, you're good, right?
Ohhh, the post-nut clarity hitting hard...!
Here's the rundown of what we pieced together. Cross-check with your memories. I made a post about it.
Title: Kim Muggle Incident Timeline Summary
Author: ExtremeEfficiencyFanatic
Considering the Chancellor's taboo magic might've left Kim Muggle's memories incomplete, here's a timeline. Check it against what you recall and fill in any gaps.
1. During the Class Placement Exam, a 5th-grade beast appeared. Kim Muggle fought desperately, won, and passed out. (Perpetrator behind the beast unknown.)
2. Woke up in the infirmary; health teacher told him to go to the Chancellor's office right away. Kim Muggle panicked, browsed the gallery, then went late.
3. Met the Chancellor. Kim Muggle asked about the dead cadet and the truth. Chancellor pretended not to know and tried to bury it. When pressed, used taboo magic to erase memories.
4. To the memory-wiped Kim Muggle, Chancellor dismissed the 5th-grade beast as nonexistent, blamed it on a scoring error. Gave hush money reward; Kim Muggle returned to dorm.
That's the rough outline. Speak up if anything doesn't ring right. Even if the big picture matches, there might be nagging inconsistencies. Taboo magic might've wiped minor details despite preserving the important stuff.
I read ExtremeEfficiencyFanatic's post and reviewed my memories.
Most of it matched up.
But there was this nagging sense of wrongness.
Nothing specifically cut off up to meeting the Chancellor, though.
Probably the big memories are intact, but some minor bits got erased.
Recalled everything from the 5th-grade beast fight to getting back to the dorm. No breaks. But thinking about the infirmary gives me that off feeling. I remember waking up and hearing the health teacher, but it's kinda blurry.
No similar unease anywhere else?
Yeah, only when thinking about the infirmary.
Oh no way
No memory of the mammaries?
Mammaries? Why the hell would mammaries come up?
Oh shit lmao, only that got wiped kek
Lmao how does only that memory get erased
Hee hee hee hee...
What the fuck is it? What memory?
Nah, seems no major memories got wiped. You remember the key events.
Can't help the minor stuff getting erased.
Lmao these guys are more demonic
This is peak entertainment lol
Key memories intact, so you're good.
Lmao this guy's in on it too
;; So the Chancellor tried to question the 5th-grade beast and dead cadet. Announced it as a scoring error for my points to bury it. Manipulated my memory for that. Right?
Yep. No clue on deeper motives or accomplices. Hard to dig now. Chancellor thinks your memory's wiped, so play dumb for safety.
Lay low and train until you're strong enough to take her.
So pretending my memory's wiped is the best play. No point risking the Chancellor's notice and worse treatment.
Not sure if I'll ever get stronger than her, though.
Situation still frustrating. No clue why it happened.
Training hard like the gallery says seems smartest for now.
But questions lingered.
Got it, train quietly to grow. But why not just kill me? And memory wipe is taboo? So the Chancellor's insane?
Taboo mages are nuts, yeah
Don't associate with them
Never ever get interested in taboos.
Your situation differs from that dead commoner's. He was a no-background pleb who lucked into admission—easy to write off as dropout. But you topped the exam with insane scores. Vanish suddenly? Questions.
Chancellor had chances to kill you—in the infirmary, anytime. But went with taboo magic, memory wipe, and annoying "scoring error" announcement. Means she wanted this buried completely.
So she went through all that hassle to hush it quietly. Lowered my score 'cause the anomaly proved I beat a 5th-grader.
Exactly. Black curtain behind it unknown.
Something shady she wants hidden. But why not wipe earlier?
Taboo magic's the reason.
Tried talking you down first, low odds but worth a shot.
Taboo magic backlashes the caster hard. Probably wanted to avoid it.
Waste taboo on a pushover like Kim Muggle? Nah... maybe talk him down? That's the vibe. You pushed back hard, so wipe time.
Put differently: worth risking taboo backlash to bury this. Tread carefully. If she notices the wipe failed, you're target #1 again.
Eventually gotta deal with Chancellor and her crew. Lay low till then, but rip 'em out root and stem someday. Whenever you're strong enough.
Grab a sword, done in seconds. Granny ain't shit.
Hey, respect your elders. Sword on granny? Too far.
This one's fair game tho... mmm yeah
That granny needs dealing with. Daring taboo and threats? Cheeky bitch.
You're a granny too tho
(Elf icon swinging a pissed-off tree branch)
"Hmph... scary stuff."
Makes sense. No wonder casually wiping memories felt off.
Taboo magic so backlash-heavy even casters dread it.
So what the hell's going on that she'd risk it?
No clue. For now, grind like the gallery says.
A bit scary, but nothing's changed.
Keep climbing ranks, mana training, get stronger. Repeat.
How do you guys know all this from just my post? You spying on me or what?
Obvious at a glance. World runs on patterns.
Archmage ain't for just anyone...
World's not hard to read^^ Humans, non-humans—all follow similar patterns. Archmages see the principles. Easy peasy :)
Obvious on sight. Folks think every story's unique, but nah—all variations on one or two tales. Didn't know that saying?
Impressive how they pieced it from my post alone.
No wonder they're archmages.
"Anyway, I'm alive for now... oh yeah, this came."
I finished showering, opened the box I'd brought in.
Inside: a glass vial of clear liquid.
This must be the "Changeling's Spinal Fluid" the gallery archmages told me to get.
Title: It Arrived—The Spinal Fluid Thing
Author: Kim Muggle
Anyway, got the sitch—train quietly and grow.
So what's this? The stuff you told me to receive just got delivered.
(Photo of the glass vial containing Changeling's Spinal Fluid)
Got it since you said to, assuming it makes me stronger? Right?
Now explain why. What do you use spinal fluid for?
Oh... it came...
Aaah, that thing... well, you see...
Hmm... Changeling's Spinal Fluid... nostalgic name.
Hmmmmm~
It finally arrived...
Kuhuhuhuhuhu...! Gonna XXXXX that shit so haaard...!
Lmaoooooooo
Oh. Came quick?
So it came...
Fuck, what's with the shady bullshit?
What the hell are these guys doing, acting all perverted?
Wasn't this just something I was supposed to receive? Doesn't seem like trolling.
No jokes, spit it out. What is this?
Ok ok, gotta tell him.
Ah. Well, that is...
Yo FlapFlap, you're the expert. You explain.
Hm.
After FlapFlap's last comment, the gallery froze like it'd been paused.
About three minutes passed. No replies.
As I was about to prod again from impatience, a comment dropped.
Why's everyone clamming up fuck? He'll find out anyway. That thing...
"What?"
I read CantDoThisEither's comment and learned its true nature.
"You crazy motherfuckers. This means war."
I started loading a tactical nuke for the gallery.
Fuck. These bastards told me to get this?